Glazier&#39;s point.



R. E. HUMBERT.

GLAZIERS POINT.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 3. 1910.

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GLAZIEBS PGINT.

insurer.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented a t. as, lots.

Application filed may 3, 1910. Serial 250. 559,113}.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, RICHARD F. HUM- nnn'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Milford, in the county of Pike and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and Improved GlaziersPoint, of which the following is a specification.

My inyention relates to glaziers points and the special object of myinvention is to provide a simple and inexpensively manufactured devicein which the main securing point liescout of line with the bearingsurface, is preferably resiliently connected to the latter, is readilyapplied in glazing and at the same time is simple and inexpensive c asupplemental holding point dstruck down to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is across section of portion of asash and window pane showing my improved point in'one form; Fig. 2 is anelevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan of a blank for a modified formof point; FigA is a side elevation of the point made from this blank;Fig. 5

is a variation thereof; Fig. 6 is a plan of the blank for anothermodification; Fig. 7 is a sidev elevation of the point formed therefrom;Fig. 8 is a similar view of a variation thereof; Fig. 9 is a plan ofanother modified form; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the point formedtherefrom; Fig. 11 is a perspective of the latter; Fig. 12 is avariation of this point; and Fig. 13 is a side elevation thereof.

In applying the usual triangular glaziers point, it notinfrequentlyhappens that when driving it in, the pressure against the edof the glass is so dgreat that the latter is chipped or cracke This isparticularly apt tooccur if the point is put in at a slight angle, tofacilitate itsinsertionan operation which at best is awkward withoutspecially adapted tools for this purpose.

The present point obviates both the danger and the difiiculty of the useof the customary point, by offsetting the point from the bearin surface.Thus in Fig. l the point comprises the bearing surface a and the point 6connected thereto b the intervening ofiset shoulder c. lit is o viousthat inasmuch as the point I) is spaced from the glass m and as thebearing surface a does not come in contact with the edge of the glassuntil the point is driven home in the sash 3 no danger of cracking orchipping the glass is incurred, while the intervening sho der 0 not onlya-fi'ords a convenient surface for the application of the driving forcewhich may even bethe finger, but also act as a spring connection betweenthe point and the bearing surface which, should the pressure against theglass become too great by reason of the insertion of the point at anangle, yields sufliciently to allow the point to enter with no injury tothe glass and only a slight deformation of the point as a whole.

The point is shown in its simplest form in Figs. 1 and 2 as an angledblank. @bviously its form may be. variously altered while stillpresenting the main features off y blank, in addition to being angled,may have in line with the bearing surface 0:, though preferably slightlyoflset therefrom as at d in Fig. 5. In Fig. 6 the blank is notched at eand folded around so that the upper end of the point 1) lies in thenotch. This afi'ords a broad inclined surface 9 very convenient when thepoint is pressed in with the thumb or finger; Practically the same formmay be made b folding down the broad end 9 of the point over theshoulder c as'in Fig. 8. lln the remainin figures the point is struckfrom a circular blank m or m the main and auxiliary points 6 li and d, drespectively being struck out from the body oi? the blank.

' The precise proportions and terms shown may be varied in many wayswithout departing from my invention and it do not limit my invention tothe details illustrated.

ll am aware that glaziers points with bearing surface and point lying inthe same plane ave been provided with ofiset drivmg shoulders. I am alsoaware that glaziers ointshave been made with a supplemental u struck edat an angle for facing the point against the glass and l do not pretendthat such structures fall within the scope oil my invention.

1 claim as my invention: 1. A laziers point having an upwardly angledearin glass and a ownwardly angle securing point lying in another planesubstantially parallel thereto, together with a shoulder extendingbetween and connecting said bearing surface and. point and asupplemental se curing point struck down from said shoulder,substantially as described.

2. A glaziers point having an upwardly invention. Thus in Figs. 3 and 4the surface to lie a ainst the did loll

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extending between and connectin said bearing surface and point and asupp emental securing point struck down from said shoulder in a planebetween saidbearing surface and main securing point, substantially asdescribed.

3. A glaziers point having an upwardly angled bearing surface to lieagainst the glass and a downwardly angled securing point lying inanother plane, in combination withan impact shoulder flexibly connectingsaid bearing surface and point, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

4. A glaziers point having an upwardly oewe? clined surface extendingbetween the upper edge of said bearing surface and the upper edge ofsaid point, to form a finger rest, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD E. HUMBERT.

Witnesses:

MABnL P. HUMBERT, Gno. SMITH.

